Marmara Island (Turkish: Marmara Adası) is a Turkish island in the Sea of Marmara. With an area of 126.1 km2 (48.7 sq mi) it is the largest island in the Sea of Marmara and is the second largest island of Turkey after Gökçeada (older name in Turkish: İmroz; Greek: ΊμβροςImvros).[1] It is the center of Marmara district in Balıkesir Province. Transportation is possible from Istanbul by ship and ferry, and by motorboat from Tekirdağ and Erdek. Marmara island has a lot of historical artifacts. The town of "Mermer Plaj"/Marble Beach takes its name from the marble for which the town is famous and which gives the island and the sea their name.
^ ab"Turkey's Statistical Yearbook 2013" (PDF) (in Turkish and English). Turkish Statistical Institute. 2014. p. 7.
MarmaraIslandMarmaraIsland (Turkish: Marmara Adası) is a Turkish island in the Sea of Marmara. With an area of 126.1 km2 (48.7 sq mi) it is the largest...
is 1,370 m (4,490 ft). The Sea of Marmara is named after the largest island on its south side, called MarmaraIsland because it is rich in marble (Greek...
The Marmara Region (Turkish: Marmara Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. Located in northwestern Turkey, it is bordered by Greece and the Aegean...
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Cumhuriyet on MarmaraIsland. The seat of the district governor (kaymakam) is in the neighbourhood Yenimahalle, also on MarmaraIsland. There are 14 neighbourhoods...
Neos Marmaras (Greek: Νέος Μαρμαράς, Néos Marmarás, pronounced [ˌneos marmaˈras], "New Marmara") is a town on the Sithonia peninsula, in the Chalkidiki...
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name for Miletus Palatia was the former name of the main settlement of MarmaraIsland Nea Palatia, settlement founded by Greeks from Palatia after the 1923...
high-status Manicheans must be sent to work in the quarries of Proconnesus (MarmaraIsland, Turkey) or the mines of Phaeno in southern Palestine. All Manichean...
from Erdek to Avşa Adası, one of the MarmaraIslands in the Sea of Marmara. The harbour overlooks tiny Zeytinlik island where there is a research station...
Fener Island (literally "Lighthouse Island"), also known as Ayasandıras from its Greek name Agios Andreas (Άγιος Ανδρέας), is a Marmaraisland of Turkey...
columns, each 14 to 15 meters tall, are made of marble from nearby MarmaraIsland. Each column is a superposition of two columns, joined by a marble ring...
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